How to Make a Torch in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Torch in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Torch recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Place 1 Any item such as Coal and 1 Stick in a Crafting Table to make 4 Torches.

The 1 × 2 pattern is small enough to craft in the 2 × 2 grid of your inventory, no crafting table needed.
Each craft uses 2 ingredient items and produces 4 Torches. A full stack of 64 takes 16 crafts and 32 ingredient items in total.

Output: 4 Torches

Torches give light level 14 and stop hostile mobs from spawning on the lit blocks around them. One coal or charcoal and one stick make four torches.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Torch. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.